Anthurium plant named ‘AN2265294’

ABSTRACT

A new  Anthurium  plant named ‘AN2265294’ particularly distinguished by having weakly blistered and strongly glossy, red, long ovate, and durable spathes that retain the original color for a very long period of time with dark green, deltoid, durable leaves, dark red spadices with dark red tips, early and rich flowering continuously throughout the year, and a plant height of 26.0 cm to 31.0 cm is disclosed.

Genus and species: Anthurium andraeanum L.

Variety denomination: ‘AN2265294’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Anthurium, botanically known as Anthurium andraeanum L., and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘AN2265294’. The new Anthurium plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The objective of this breeding program was to create a new plant with a height of 26.0 cm to 31.0 cm having small, weakly blistered and strongly glossy, red, long ovate, and durable spathes.

The new variety originated from a cross-pollination made in July 2013 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The female parent was a pink Anthurium pot plant designated ‘225704-02’ (unpatented), and the male parent was a red Anthurium pot plant designated ‘26774-05’ (unpatented).

A single plant was selected from the progeny of the stated cross in August 2015. Asexual reproduction of the new variety by tissue culture in 2017 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, has demonstrated that the new variety reproduces true to type with all of the characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and retained through successive generations.

Community Plant Variety Rights for this variety have been applied for in the European Union on Nov. 25, 2020 (Application no. 2020/2974), by Applicant who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly from the inventor. ‘AN2265294’ has not been made publicly available or sold anywhere in the world prior to the effective filing date of this application with the exception of sales or disclosures made one year or less before the effective filing date of this claimed invention by Applicant who obtained ‘AN2265294’ directly from the inventor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands:

-   -   1) Small, weakly blistered and strongly glossy, red, long ovate,         and durable spathes;     -   2) Dark red spadices with dark red tips;     -   3) Green, deltoid leaves;     -   4) Inflorescence sometimes makes an extra spathe and/or extra         spadix; and     -   5) Spathes are positioned far above the leaves.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

This new Anthurium plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographs which show the overall plant habit including blooms and foliage of the plant; the colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures. The photographs are of a 34-week-old plant grown in a greenhouse in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, in February 2022. Colors in the photographs may differ from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describe the actual colors of the new variety.

FIG. 1 shows the overall plant habit, including blooms and foliage.

FIG. 2 shows a close-up of the mature spathe.

FIG. 3 shows a close up of the upper leaf blade surface.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

The following detailed description sets forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘AN2265294’. The data which define these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The plant history was taken on 34-week-old plants which were planted from tissue culture in 12-centimeter (diameter) pots and grown in a glass greenhouse between 19° C. and 24° C. Observations were made in February 2022. Color readings were taken under 5000 lux natural light in the greenhouse. Color references are primarily to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (RHS) (2015).

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

-   Classification:     -   -   Family.—Araceae.         -   Botanical.—Anthurium andraeanum L.         -   Common name.—Anthurium.         -   Denomination.—‘AN2265294’. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female parent.—Anthurium plant ‘225704-02’ (unpatented).         -   Male parent.—Anthurium plant ‘26774-05’ (unpatented). -   Plant:     -   -   Propagation.—Tissue culture.         -   Root description.—Fleshy-creamy (RHS 160D) colored roots             with a pink shade (a color in between RHS 48A and RHS 48B)             and small hairy lateral roots having yellow (RHS 12A)             colored root tips.         -   Time to produce a finished flowering plant.—32 to 36 weeks             after planting in a 12-cm (diameter) pot.         -   Growth habit.—Upright.         -   Height (measured from soil, including inflorescence).—26.0             cm to 31.0 cm.         -   Width (measured from leaf tips).—27.0 cm to 29.0 cm. -   Leaves:     -   -   Immature leaves.—Length: 10.0 cm to 12.0 cm. Width: 5.0 cm             to 7.0 cm. Color: Upper surface: RHS 146A with a touch of             reddish-orange (RHS 176B). Lower surface: RHS 146B with a             touch of reddish-orange (RHS 176C). Texture (both upper and             lower surfaces): Glossy, leathery, and thin.         -   Mature leaves.—Length (fully expanded): 12.0 cm to 14.0 cm.             Width: 7.0 cm to 8.0 cm. Shape: Deltoid. Apex: Acuminate.             Base: Weakly cordate. Leaf blade angle with the petiole:             Between 90 degrees and 110 degrees. Leaf margin: Entire.             Color: Upper surface: RHS 147A. Lower surface: RHS 146B.             Texture: Upper surface: Leathery and thick. Lower surface:             Glossy, leathery, and thick. Venation: Pinnate veining; the             mid-vein and primary veins (the veins that radiate out from             the junction of petiole and leaf) protrude at the underside             of the leaf blade. Venation color: Upper surface: RHS 144A.             Lower surface: RHS 144B with a touch of reddish-orange (RHS             176C).         -   Lobes.—Present. Arrangement: Leaf blade has two lobes             extending past the petiole. The lobes are non-touching.             Length of lobes of mature leaf blades: 0.2 cm to 0.5 cm.             Width of lobes of mature leaf blades: 2.0 cm to 2.5 cm.             Distance from petiole/leaf junction to highest point on             lobes of mature leaf blades: 1.0 cm to 2.0 cm.         -   Petiole.—Cross-section: Round. Diameter: 0.2 cm to 0.3 cm.             Length: 12.0 cm to 14.0 cm for a mature leaf size. Color:             Mature leaf: RHS 144A. Immature leaf: RHS 144C with             reddish-orange shade (a color in between RHS 176C and RHS             176D). Cataphyll color surrounding the petiole: Outside: RHS             144A with reddish-orange tip (RHS 176C). Inside: RHS 145D.         -   Geniculum.—Length: 1.5 cm to 2.0 cm. Width: 0.2 cm to             0.3 cm. Color: RHS 144C with a touch of reddish-orange (RHS             176C) on the front side. -   Inflorescence:     -   -   Arrangement.—Single.         -   Flowering habit (length of flowering season).—Continuous.         -   Number of inflorescences per plant.—8 to 10.         -   Fragrance.—Absent.         -   Longevity of inflorescence on plant.—Over a year. -   Spathe:     -   -   Buds.—The spathe is tightly rolled around the spadix and             extrudes from the peduncle sheath. After the spathe is fully             opened the peduncle elongates some extra centimeters.         -   Arrangement.—Spathe angle with the peduncle is between 130             degrees and 150 degrees; the spathe stands on a wiry             peduncle about 7.0 cm to 9.0 cm above the foliage.         -   Shape.—Long ovate.         -   Apex.—Acuminate.         -   Base.—Rotundate.         -   Texture.—Weakly blistered and strongly glossy.         -   Margin.—Weakly undulated.         -   Size.—Length: 6.5 cm to 7.5 cm. Width: 4.0 cm to 5.0 cm.         -   Lobes.—Absent.         -   Color.—Just fully open: Upper surface: RHS 46A. Lower             surface: RHS 46B. This red color remains for a very long             period, at least more than 30 weeks after opening. The             spathe turns green after some weeks. Sometimes the             inflorescence makes an extra spathe and/or extra spadix. -   Peduncle:     -   -   Shape.—Erect.         -   Cross-section.—Round.         -   Length.—22.0 cm to 25.0 cm.         -   Diameter.—0.2 cm to 0.3 cm.         -   Color.—RHS 144C with a reddish-orange shade (RHS 175B). -   Flowering time:     -   -   General.—One small, rooted, untreated tissue culture plant             of 8.0 cm tall will flower, depending on the season, after             32 to 34 weeks and 8 to 9 blossoms appear. More blossoms             appear after some additional weeks so that a full flowering             and commercial plant will have 9 to 10 red spathes. Smaller             blossoms may occur on immature plants. -   Spadix:     -   -   Size.—Length: 2.0 cm to 3.0 cm (depending on flower size).             Width (at apex): 0.3 cm to 0.4 cm. Width (at base): 0.4 cm             to 0.5 cm.         -   Shape.—Columnar.         -   Angle of spadix tip with peduncle.—160 degrees to 180             degrees.         -   Texture.—When the spathe is unfurling, the spadix is smooth.             When the spadix matures, small stigmata protrude. The             stigmata are evenly distributed around the spadix. The             spadix matures from base to top, slowly giving the spadix a             somewhat rough appearance.         -   Color.—Immature: RHS 187C. Mature: RHS 187B. Ages to: RHS             200B. -   Flowers:     -   -   Quantity per spadix.—90 to 120.         -   Spadix flower arrangement.—Bisexual, rounded in             cross-section.         -   Shape.—Rounded.         -   Size.—Length: 0.05 cm to 0.10 cm. Diameter (maximum): 0.10             cm.         -   Color.—RHS 59C. -   Reproductive organs:     -   -   Stamens.—Not visible.         -   Pollen amount.—Absent.         -   Pistil.—Quantity: 90 to 120. Length: Less than 0.01 cm.             Color: RHS 59C.         -   Style.—Not observed to date.         -   Stigma.—Shape: Ovoid. Diameter: Less than 0.01 cm. Color:             RHS 59C.         -   Ovary.—Rarely visible.         -   Ovary color.—Not measured. -   Fruit and seed set: None observed to date. -   Disease and pest resistance: No specific resistance or     susceptibility observed to pathogens or pests common to Anthurium     under commercial conditions to date.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL AND SIMILAR COMMERCIAL VARIETIES

‘AN2265294’ differs from the female parent plant ‘225704-02’ (unpatented) in that ‘AN2265294’ has red, long ovate spathes, dark red spadices with dark red tips, and deltoid leaves, whereas ‘225704-02’ has pink, ovate spathes, purple spadices with purple tips, and elliptical-cordate leaves.

‘AN2265294’ differs from the male parent plant ‘26774-05’ (unpatented) in that ‘AN2265294’ has long ovate spathes and dark red spadices with dark red tips, whereas ‘26774-05’ has lanceolate spathes and purplish-red spadices with red tips.

‘AN2265294’ differs from similar commercial variety ‘ANTHEVEX’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 29,413) in that ‘AN2265294’ has deltoid leaves, whereas ‘ANTHEVEX’ has long ovate leaves. Additionally, ‘AN2265294’ has wider spathes than ‘ANTHEVEX’.

‘AN2265294’ differs from similar variety ‘ANTHDOSDOH’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 27,887) in that ‘AN2265294’ has red, long ovate spathes and deltoid leaves, whereas ‘ANTHDOSDOH’ has pink, lanceolate spathes and lanceolate leaves. Additionally, ‘AN2265294’ has wider spathes than ‘ANTHDOSDOH’. 

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Anthurium plant named ‘AN2265294’, substantially as illustrated and described herein. 